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S1174................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND - Amends existing law relating to payments from
the Public School Income Fund to specify that the first two payments made
to the districts shall each be approximately thirty percent of the total
general account appropriation to the district for the fiscal year; the
third payment shall be approximately twenty percent of the total fiscal
year appropriation and the fourth and fifth payments shall each be
approximately ten percent of the total fiscal year appropriation.
02/26 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/27 Rpt prt - to St Aff
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AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Cameron,
Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Burkett
Floor Sponsor - Little
Title apvd - to House
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03/28 Ret'd to Educ
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1174
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO PAYMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND; AMENDING SECTION
3 33-1009, IDAHO CODE, TO SPECIFY THAT THE FIRST TWO PAYMENTS MADE TO THE
4 DISTRICTS SHALL EACH BE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GENERAL
5 ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION TO THE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, THE THIRD PAY-
6 MENT SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FISCAL YEAR APPRO-
7 PRIATION AND THE FOURTH AND FIFTH PAYMENTS SHALL EACH BE APPROXIMATELY TEN
8 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FISCAL YEAR APPROPRIATION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL
9 CORRECTION.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1009, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12 amended to read as follows:
13 33-1009. PAYMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND.
14 1. a. Payments of the state general account appropriation for public
15 school support shall be made each year by the state board of education to
16 the public school districts of the state in five (5) payments. Payments to
17 the districts shall be made not later than the fifteenth day of August,
18 the first day of October, the fifteenth day of November, the fifteenth day
19 of February, and the fifteenth day of May each year. Each The first two
20 payments by the state board of education shall be approximately twenty
21 thirty percent (230%) of the total general account appropriation for the
22 fiscal year, while the third, fourth and fifth payments shall be approxi-
23 mately twenty percent (20%), ten percent (10%) and ten percent (10%),
24 respectively. Amounts apportioned due to a special transfer to the public
25 school income fund to restore or reduce a deficiency in the prior year's
26 transfer pursuant to subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to
27 this limitation.
28 b. Payments of moneys, other than the state general account appropria-
29 tion, that accrue to the public school income fund shall be made by the
30 state board of education to the school districts of the state on the fif-
31 teenth day of November, February, May and July each year. The total amount
32 of such payments shall be determined by the state department of education
33 and shall not exceed the amount of moneys available and on deposit in the
34 public school income fund at the time such payment is made.
35 c. Amounts apportioned due to a special transfer to the public school
36 income fund to restore or reduce a deficiency in the prior year's transfer
37 pursuant to subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to the lim-
38 itation imposed by paragraphs a. and b., of this subsection 1.
39 2. Payments made to the school districts in August, October and November
40 are advance payments for the current year and will be based upon payments from
41 the public school income fund for the preceding school year. Each school dis-
42 trict shall receive its proportionate share of the advance payments in the
43 same ratio that its total payment for the preceding year was to the total pay-
2
1 ments to all school districts for the preceding year.
2 3. No later than the fifteenth day of February in each year, the state
3 department of education shall compute the state distribution factor based on
4 the total average daily attendance through the first Friday in November. The
5 factor will be used in payments of state funds in February and May. Attendance
6 shall be reported in a format and at a time specified by the state department
7 of education.
8 As of the thirtieth day of June of each year the state department of edu-
9 cation shall determine final payments to be made on July fifteenth next suc-
10 ceeding to the several school districts from the public school income fund
11 for the school year ended June 30. The July payments shall take into consider-
12 ation:
13 a. the average daily attendance of the several school districts for the
14 twenty-eight (28) best weeks of the school year completed not later than
15 the thirtieth of June,
16 b. all funds available in the public school income fund for the fiscal
17 year ending on the thirtieth of June,
18 c. all payments distributed for the current fiscal year to the several
19 school districts,
20 d. the adjustment based on the actual amount of discretionary funds per
21 support unit required by the provisions of section 33-1018, Idaho Code,
22 e. payments made or due for the transportation support program and the
23 exceptional education support program. The state department of education
24 shall apportion and direct the payment to the several school districts the
25 moneys in the public school income fund in each year, taking into account
26 the advance made under subsection 2. of this section, in such amounts as
27 will provide in full for each district its support program, and not more
28 than therefor required, and no school district shall receive less than
29 fifty dollars ($50.00).
30 4. If the full amount appropriated to the public school income fund from
31 the general account by the legislature is not transferred to the public school
32 income fund by the end of the fiscal year, the deficiency resulting therefrom
33 shall either be restored or reduced through a special transfer from the gen-
34 eral account in the first sixty (60) days of the following fiscal year, or
35 shall be calculated in computing district levies, and any additional levy
36 shall be certified by the state superintendent of public instruction to the
37 board of county commissioners and added to the district's maintenance and
38 operation levy. If the deficiency is restored or reduced by special transfer,
39 the amount so transferred shall be in addition to the amount appropriated to
40 be transferred in such following fiscal year, and shall be apportioned to each
41 school district in the same amount as each would have received had the trans-
42 fer been made in the year the deficiency occurred. The state department of
43 education shall distribute to the school district the full amount of the spe-
44 cial transfer as soon as practical after such transfer is made. In making the
45 levy computations required by this subsection the state department of educa-
46 tion shall take into account and consider the full amount of money receipted
47 into the public school income fund from all sources for the given fiscal year.
48 Deficits in the transfer of the appropriated amount of general account revenue
49 to the public school income fund shall be reduced by the amount, if any, that
50 the total amount receipted from other sources into the public school income
51 fund exceeds the official estimated amount from those sources. The official
52 estimate of receipts from other sources shall be the total amount stated by
53 the legislature in the appropriation bill. The provisions of this subsection
54 shall not apply to any transfers to or from the public education stabilization
55 fund.
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1 5. Any apportionments in any year, made to any school district, which may
2 within the succeeding three (3) year period be found to have been in error
3 either of computation or transmittal, may be corrected during the three (3)
4 year period by reduction of apportionments to any school district to which
5 over-apportionments may have been made or received, and corresponding addi-
6 tions to apportionments to any school district to which under-apportionments
7 may have been made or received.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16962
The purpose of this legislation is to specify that the first
two payments from the Public School Income Fund shall each be
approximately thirty percent of the total general account
appropriation to the district for the fiscal year, the third
payment twenty percent, and the fourth and fifth payments shall
each be approximately ten percent of the total fiscal year
appropriation.
FISCAL IMPACT
Calculations by the Education Department and Legislative
Budget Office indicate there will be no negative impact on the
General Fund.
Contact
Name: Senator Brad Little
Phone: 332-1303
Dr. Clifford Green
854-1476
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1174